与性和性别相关的衰老问题:预防艾滋病毒和健康的衰老
Ryan J Watson1, Peter S McCauley2, Amanda Taylor3
1Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. ryanwatson@uconn.edu.
AIDS and behavior
|January 24, 2025
概括
年龄较大的性和性别多样性个体报告说,随着年龄的增长,老龄化问题越来越多,特别是在性取向方面. 暴露前预防 (PrEP) 使用与更大的一般衰老问题有关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性和性别少数群体的健康性和性别少数群体的健康
背景情况:
- 健康老龄化研究往往忽视了性和性别多样性 (SGD) 的人口.
- 了解衰老,健康和福祉的交叉点对于美国老龄化人口至关重要.
- 预防艾滋病毒,包括暴露前预防 (PrEP),是健康衰老的关键考虑因素.
研究的目的:
- 评估老年性和性别多样性个体中对衰老的担忧.
- 检查年龄,艾滋病毒预防 (PrEP) 使用和老龄化问题之间的关系.
- 探讨基于性别认同和性取向的老龄化问题的差异.
主要方法:
- 在美国俄俄州,对794名50岁以上的个人进行了横截面调查.
- 收集关于疾病状况,风险因素和衰老问题的数据.
- 统计模型分析了人口群体的年龄,PrEP使用和老龄化问题之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 随着总体年龄的增加,人们对老龄化的普遍担忧减少了.
- 终身和6个月的PrEP使用与更大的一般衰老问题有关.
- 与年龄相比,性取向特定的衰老问题随着年龄的增长而增加,并且与cisgender男性相比,cisgender女性,跨性别女性,跨性别男性和其他性别认同中更高.
结论:
- 年长的SGD个体经历了与衰老相关的独特问题,特别是关于性取向的问题.
- 在这个人群中,PrEP使用可能与加剧老龄化问题有关.
- 需要进一步的研究来理解和解决老年SGD个体的具体衰老问题.
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